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@… I get failure to install offline packages – packages are the default with FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso – with UFS, vm.pageout_oom_seq=120 and 256 MB given to a VirtualBox guest.
The tail of /var/log/messages – after bsdconfig networking (to allow use of termbin.com):
Feb 4 01:05:58 pkg[1652]: FreeBSD-bzip2-lib32-15.0 installed
Feb 4 01:05:58 pkg…

DHCP not working for em(4) with outdated non-patched FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE (Virtualbox 7.2.6 host on Kubuntu 25.10).
If someone still has EoL VirtualBox 6 <https://www.freshports.org/emulators/virtualbox-ose/>, can you reproduce the issue?
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@… I have numerous installations of FreeBSD as VirtualBox guests, with snapshots taken by VirtualBox.

@… There are at least two other options: VMWare Workstation Pro and KVM/QEMU. Both are free and I've tried them, as well as VirtualBox. VMWare isn't a nice company, but so far I'm happiest with WorkStation Pro. I use the VM to run Windows 11 to sync my Kobo Reader and iPhone and also to run Dragon speech recognition software. I found that WorkStationPro was bes…

@… @… I'll test in VirtualBox …

Unable to resume a paused machine in QEMU.
Is this expected, after concurrent use of VirtualBox?
<https://pastebin.com/raw/rhAGGbMt>
libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: unable to execute QEMU command 'cont': Resetting the Virtual Machine is required
Preceding the erro…

Solved.
<https://old.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pdsyfo/freebsdbase_major_upgrades_pkgstatic_no_trusted/nty3dqx/> includes my rough notes from apparently successful major upgrades in VirtualBox

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I often name or rename a host to signify its origin, or the issue with which a VirtualBox guest (or snapshot thereof) is associated.
The screenshot here does not show any host name, but does show some of the variety in guest and snapshot naming.
I have a fairly large number of hosts that are named 'blah', because the name wil…